- Address: Glorieta de San Antonio de la Florida, 5 28008 Madrid, Spain
- Phone: +34 915420722
Even a person far from art has ever heard the great name of Francisco Goya, what to say about the Spaniards who love and admire the talented artist and his world-famous masterpieces.
It so happened that the rulers at all times sought for both religion and beauty, and the monarchs of Spain are on this list is almost the first place. And when in the 18th century Charles IV bought the palace of La Florida in Madrid and revived the church near it, Francisco Goya, who at that time had been a court painter for ten years at that time, had already painted new walls. Behind the master was a lot of famous works, including. portraits, murals of palaces, churches, restoration of paintings.
Of all the frescoes, the dome was most famous. His Goya painted a fragment of the miracle of St. Antonio of Padua, who resurrects the dead among the crowd. The fragment of the fresco has an amazing realism, all the faces in which the real courtiers Charles IV is guessed are carefully drawn in the interested crowd. People lean on the railing and look carefully down at what is happening, at the parishioners. The effect of the presence of the second floor is created. The altar is decorated with "Adoration of the Holy Trinity" and other religious motifs with the participation of beautiful angels. The whole composition of the frescos turned out to be surprisingly bright and saturated, for reality it is shone with built-in mirrors.
To preserve the beautiful painting of the artist in 1905, the church was given the status of a national monument, and on the one hundredth anniversary of the death of Goya in 1928 a number were built exactly the same. The double was used for religious purposes, and the old church finally became the museum and pantheon of the great artist Goya. By the way, there are his remains there.
When to visit and how to get there?
The Goya Pantheon is open to everyone on a daily basis, except Mondays:
- Tuesday - Friday from 9:30 to 20:00;
- weekends from 10:00 to 14:00.
You can get to the famous church by bus number 41, 46, 75, and also by metro lines L6 and L10 to the station Principe Pio.
Legends of the Goya pantheon
There is no exact documentary confirmation of this story, but according to legend, for a long time, Francisco Goya had a violent affair with the married Marquise Caetana Alba. She was his muse and not only, and once enamored was sworn "not to part even after death." Legend has it that the friends dedicated to their secret kidnapped the artist's head and was reburied with the foot of his lover.
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